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Kento Momota (桃田 賢斗, Momota Kento, born 1 September 1994) is a former Japanese badminton player. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England title.
Japan's former world No. 1 Momota Kento announces retirement from international badminton. The two-time world champion says his last duty for the national team will be the 27 April-5 May Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
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Sep 1, 2022 · When the 18th-ranked Prannoy H.S. eliminated him from last week's BWF World Championships to huge sighs from the crowd at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Momota Kento's world fell apart.
Apr 18, 2024 · Twice world champion in 2018 and 2019, Momota was on a redemptive arc heading into the 2020 Olympics. He won a staggering 11 titles in 2019, the invincibility spoken of as an inevitability for a gold at his home Games. Ahead of 2016 Rio Olympics, Momota was already a big deal.
Kento MOMOTA. Full BWF Profile. WORLD RANKING. 76. MEN'S SINGLES. WORLD TOUR RANKING. 206. MEN'S SINGLES. CAREER WINS 361 MS. AGE 29 01/09/1994. PLAYS LEFT HANDED. PROFILE. RESULTS. RANKING HISTORY. Stats. Place of Birth: Mino, Kagawa. Height: 175.00cm. Current Residence: Tokyo. Language (s): JPN, ENG. Q & A.
As Momota Kento converted his fourth match point to beat Nishimoto Kenta and win his fifth Japanese badminton national championship last month, the former world No. 1 collapsed to the court at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza with both fists in the air.
Apr 18, 2024 · TOKYO – Two-time world champion Kento Momota, 29, is retiring from international badminton, ending a top-level career that never recovered from a car crash four years ago.
Apr 18, 2024 · Former badminton world champion Kento Momota announced Thursday he will retire from playing for the Japanese national team. Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo, the 29-year-old said he would represent Japan for the last time at the Thomas Cup international team competition starting later this month in Chengdu, China.
Known for his unpredictable and explosive style of play, Kento Momota finished the 2019 season with 11 titles which included the World Championships, Asia Championships, and YONEX All England Open.
